BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



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Six males, five females, Gato Kiver near Gardiila, Ethiopia, April 1 

 to May 11, 1912. 



One male, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 4, 1912. 



One male, one female, Tertale, Ethiopia, June 8-11, 1912. 



One female, Yebo, Ethiopia, June 20, 1912. 



One female, Le-se-dun, Kenya Colony, July 26, 1912. 



One male, Malele, Kenya Colony, July 27, 1912. 



One female, 18 miles south of Malele, Kenya Colony, July 29, 

 1912. 



One male, two females, Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 

 6-7, 1912. 



One male. East Lake Stefanie, Kenya Colony, April 26, 1912. 

 (C. Frick collector.) 



One male, North Gallup, Kenya Colony, May 30, 1912. (J. Blick 

 collector.) 



Soft parts, male : Iris, dark brownish red ; bill, grayish olive ; feet, 

 greenish gray; claws, plumbeous. Female: Iris, reddish brown; 

 bill, olive-brown shading to black at tip and to greenish and plumbe- 

 ous at base of mandible ; feet and claws, greenish olive. 



The geography and systematics of this form have already been 

 discussed under inassaicus and need not be repeated here. Herrvr 

 prichii may be told from Tnassaicus by the coloration of the upper 

 parts which, in the former, are lighter, the dark bars sooty, not 

 black, and generally less washed with olive green than in the 

 latter. 



The size variations of the present series may be inferred from the 

 following table: 



